The Department of Education announced yesterday that nine schools have been added to the growing list of New York City schools slated for closure -- eight were placed in jeopardy over the past week.
Among the new additions are four large, comprehensive high schools that house 6,000 students collectively: Paul Robeson High School in Brooklyn, Norman Thomas High School in Manhattan, Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx, and Beach Channel High School in Queens. Three of the schools slated to close -- New Day Academy, Global Enterprise Academy, and MS 334 -- opened under Chancellor Joel Klein.
Visit GothamSchools for a rundown on the announcements and the DOE's official press information.
UPDATE 12/9/09: The Department of Education proposed the phase-out of three more high schools, bringing to 22 the number of school closings announced in the past week (closings are subject to public hearings): Alfred E. Smith, a vocational school in the Bronx, the School of Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship, one of four small schools on the troubled Campus Magnet complex in Queens, and the Monroe Academy for Business/Law, in the Bronx.
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